Eyeglass-case.



No. 874,172. PATENTED DEC. 17, 1907.

0. DUOKER. EYEGLASS CASE.

APPLICATION TILED OUT. 2. 1906.

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UNITED STATES PATENT oFrrcE.

EYEGLASS-CASE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 17, 1907.

Application filed October 2. 1906. Serial No. 337.128.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ORLANDO DUOKER, a citizen of the United States,residing at the city of Washington, District of Columbia, have inventeda new and useful Improvement in Eyeglass-Cases, of which the followingis a specification.

My'invention relates to improvement in eyeglass cases wherein a guardplate having a central elevation and extended ends on a line with eachother, is made to apply to and fit in and along the side of an ordinaryflexible eyeglass case provided with an opening in the side, and whichwill receive, protect and retain the projecting nose guards on manyeyeglass frames now in use, and impart strength and prevent unduefiection of the said case, thus obviating the thick and clumsy metalcases now in use for eyeglasses having projecting nose guards.

In the drawings Figure 1, is a perspective View of the guard plate. Fig.2, shows the guard plate applied to an eyeglass case. Fig. 3, is aviewof a longitudinal section of Fig.2, and shows the eyeglasses inpositionin the case.

The guard plate can be made of any suit able thin, and narrow material,thin metal preferably, and should equal in width the length of theprojecting nose guards on the ordinary eyeglass frames and be longenough to allow at or near the center the formation of a semi-circularor square elevation of sufficient height to receive the projecting noseguards on eyeglasses, as shown at A, Fig. 1,

and the ends B, B, of sullicient length to allow them to be securelyattached along the longitudinal center of the side of a flexibleeyeglass case, provided with. a central opening to admit the elevationA, on the guard plate as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. Any ordinary flexibleeyeglass case thus provided with. my invention will ellectually receive,

retain and protect eyeglasses having project- I ing nose guards and theplate will impart great strength and prevent undue flection of otherwisea thin flat flexible case thereby affording greater security toeyeglasses which may be contained therein and at the same time occupyingthe least possible space consistent with strength and durability.

'Iheguard plate may be made not only by pressing or bending the materialused, into the desired shape or form as shown in Fig. 1 but may be madeso that the open sides of the elevation A, will be closed, by having thematerial used for making the guard plate, broader at A, which wouldcause the sides to A, to be closed by reason of the material beingbroader than the pressure surface forming the elevation A, but all suchmodifications are unnecessary and absolutely useless, for the closededges E, E, of the case F, as shown in Fig. 2, will prevent theeyeglasses when in the case from moving laterally to any appreciabledegree, thereby preventing the nose guards iirom projecting beyond theends of the elevation A, when the guard plate is in proper position inthe eye glass case.

In making new eyeglass cases having my improvement, the ordinarymaterial used for making flat flexible cases is prepared in the usualmanner, an opening is then made in one of the opposing sides at or nearits center, the elevation A, of the guard plate as shown in Fig. 1, isinserted into said opening, the extended ends B, B, placed in proximityto the longitudinal center of the inner surface of said side and securedin position by pasting any suitable material over and under it, the caseis then finished in the usual manner; care should be observed not tohave the .extended ends B, B, broad enou h to prevent the necessaryconvex flection o the sides of the case to admit eyeglasses havingprojecting nose guards, when the edges E, F), are pressed towards eachother.

Eyeglasses having projecting nose guards may be introduced in aneyeglass case provided with my invention, by slightly pressing towardseach other the edges E, E, which will cause the lat sides of the case toseparate sufliciently to admit said eyeglasses and the nose guards toenter the elevation A, as shown in Fig. 3. The eyeglasses may bewithdrawn in like manner as introduced.

I am aware that many cases are now in use, having for their object thereception and protection of eyeglasses having projecting nose guards,but I am not aware any improve ment has ever been used or inventedsimilar projected through and form a housing for an to thfi one liereindescribed. opening in the case.

W at I c aim as new is; Y A guard plate for flexible eyeglass casesORLANDO R 5 comprising an elongated strip of less Width Witnesses:

than thG'WiClth of the case, said strip being A. ONEILL,

formed With an offset portion arranged to be A. M. SPOFFORD.

